Andrea Iannone He got back on the path to victory, and he did it in a big way, with an attacking race in Aragon. The Italian achieved a victory that he will remember for a long time, because it occurred in an event full of overtaking and dramatic turns, which began with the abandonment of Nicolô Bulega even before the fire was extinguished.
“This victory is a dream, because I have fought a lot over the last four years,” he declared after seeing the checkered flag of a race where there was no shortage of fights.
After inheriting pole position, he retains the lead and responds to both Toprak Razgatlioğlu I like Danilo Petruccialthough The decisive moment came with eight laps to gowhen the two compatriots fought for victory. If the Italian, also winner last weekend in Cremona, overtook in the first corner, his opponent took back command with a hard but clear pass in the third corner.
The second step of the podium goes to the Turk, who After a serious injury, he managed to recover some points from Nicoló Bulegawhile Garrett Gerloff He completes the places of honor, ahead of Álvaro Bautista who did not have much success on Saturday.
The race was interrupted on the first lap following a technical incident on the motorcycle saddle. Sam Loweswhich began to emit smoke, forcing the commissioners to wave the red flag. After checking that everything was fine on the asphalt, testing resumed and that's when Nicoló Bulega retired. which left Andrea Iannone in front without much opposition.
Behind, Danilo Petrucci moves up to second place, but Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the racewhile Álvaro Bautista falls to sixth place, behind Alex Lowes And Michael van der Mark. With a practically compact group in the first part of the event, the Spaniard tried to come back, but he could not do it as he wanted and had to be content to stay just outside the podium at home.
It was the moment when Danilo Petrucci changed gears, as in just a few corners he went from third place to the lead.first overtaking the Turk ten laps from the finish, then Andrea Iannone. In such an eventful race, and with the peloton very close for a long time, it is not surprising that the Italians put up a good fight, and second place was nine laps from the checkered flag.
Both gave life to a duel that further shook up the positions, but it was Danilo Petrucci who lost and fell to fifth place, behind even Álvaro Bautista. The winner of this battle, besides Andrea Iannone, was Garrett Gerloff, who took third place five laps from the end of the race, when everyone started to distance themselves.
If before everything was quite compact, There was a moment when the pace changed, and the top five gained two seconds on the rest of the grid.which left the way open for a five-way battle for victory. The Italian who was in front tried to escape all the attack attempts, and with three laps to go, he completed two very fast laps in a row to reach the second and a half mark and his first victory in the championship.
The fight then comes down to a fight for the podium between Toprak Razgatlioglu, Garrett Garloff and Álvaro Bautistaeven though there was no overtaking, which left everyone in place. For the Turk it was something very important, as he returned to action with many points, especially taking into account the retirement of Nicoló Bulega, while Danilo Petrucci finished fifth, ahead Iker LecuonaAlex Lowes, Xavi VirgoMichael van der Mak and Andrea Locatelliwhich in turn surpassed Scott Redding, Axel Bassani and Michael Rubén Rinaldi.
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